Kathleen Savage

Kathleen Savage
Research Associate
Woods Hole Research Center
149 Woods Hole Road
Falmouth, MA 02540-1644
Phone: 508-540-9900 x142
Fax: 508-540-9700

Education

M Sc. - McGill University
1996, Dept. of Geography
Dissertation: Methane consumption and carbon dioxide production in an upland boreal forest soil.

B Sc. - York University
1991, Dept. of Geography

Professional Experience

  • 1999 - present: Research Associate, Woods Hole Research Center
    Nov. 1997 - July 1999: Research Assistant, Woods Hole Research Center
  • April 1996 - Aug. 1997: Research Assistant, McGill University

Research Interests

My current research focuses on the interannual variation in soil respiration rates in temperate forest soils. This includes looking at high frequency temporal measurements of soil respiration in conjunction with soil temperature and soil moisture variations.

Recent publications

Jill Bubier, Tim Moore, Kathleen Savage and Patrick Crill. A comparison of methane flux in a boreal landscape between a dry and a wet year. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, accepted.

E. A. Davidson, A. D. Richardson, K. E. Savage, and D. Y. Hollinger . A Distinct Seasonal Pattern of the Ratio of Soil Respiration to Total Ecosystem Respiration in a Spruce-Dominated Forest. Global Change Biology, accepted.

Borken W, Savage K, Davidson EA, Trumbore SE. Effects of Experimental Drought on Soil Respiration and Radiocarbon Efflux from a temperate Forest Soil. Global Change Biology, accepted.

Bowden RD, Davidson E, Savage K, Arabia C, Steudler P. Chronic nitrogen additions reduce total soil respiration and microbial respiration in temperate forest soils at the Harvard Forest. Forest Ecology and Management 196 (1): 43-56 JUL 12 2004.

Jukka Pumpanen, Pasi Kolari, Hannu Ilvesniemi, Kari Minkkinen, Timo Vesala, Sini Niinistö, Annalea Lohila, Tuula Larmola, Micaela Morero, Mari Pihlatie, Ivan Janssens, Jorge Curiel Yuste, José M. Grünzweig, Sascha Reth, Jens-Arne Subke, Kathleen Savage, Werner Kutsch, Geir Østreng, Waldemar Ziegler, Peter Anthoni, Anders Lindroth, Pertti Hari. Comparison of different chamber techniques for measuring soil CO2 efflux. Agric. For. Meteorology, 123:159-176, 2004.

W. Borken, E.A. Davidson, K. Savage, J. Guadinski, and S. E. Trumbore. Dry and wetting effects on carbon dioxide from organic horizons. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 67:1888-1896, 2003.

Savage, K., E.A. Davidson. A comparison of manual and automated systems for soil CO2 flux measurements: trade-offs between spatial and temporal resolution. Journal of Experimental Botany, 54:891-899, 2003.

Davidson, E.A., K. Savage, L.V. Verchot, and R.I. Navarro. Minimizing artifacts and biases in chamber-based measurements of soil respiration. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 113,21-37, 2002.

Davidson, E.A., K. Savage, P. Bolstad, D.A. Clark, P.S. Curtis, D.S. Ellsworth, P.J. Hanson, B.E. Law, Y. Luo, K.S. Pregitzer, J.C. Randolph, D. Zak. Belowground carbon allocation in forests estimated from litterfall and IRGA-based soil respiration measurements. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 3045:1-13, 2002.

Savage, K., and E.A. Davidson. Interannual variation of soil respiration in two New England forests. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 15:337-350, 2001.